NBC News: House Republicans Reach New Agreement on Funding Bill, Dems Not Yet on Board

VITALI: “Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I’m Ali Vitali in Washington, where we’ve got breaking news as Congress scrambles to avoid a government shutdown. Just moments ago, two key Republicans, who’ve been huddling with Speaker Johnson for much of the day, left his office and told reporters they’ve reached an agreement. We don’t yet know the details of that agreement or whether President-Elect Trump has blessed the deal, but two sources familiar with the negotiations tell us Democrats were not part of it and they are not yet on board. It comes, though, after a bipartisan agreement to fund the government through March, which 24 hours ago seemed headed for passage, was killed amid a backlash among conservatives and President-Elect Trump, who then demanded a total overhaul of that deal and added a new demand of lifting the debt limit too. That issue was not a major part of the negotiations to fund the government originally, and there are a number of Republicans who are actually vocally opposed to raising it. The sudden turn of events left speaker of the House Mike Johnson scrambling and facing the ire of his conference amid the reality that with a narrow Republican majority in the House and a Democratic-controlled Senate, he needs Democratic help to pass, well, anything.”